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J. B. MEIER.

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SPECIFICATION forming pari'. of Letters Patent No. 393,255, dated November 20, 1888.

Application filed June 14, 1888. Serial No. 277,083.

:To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Josnrir B. Minna, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cases for Cigars, rc., which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in cigar and other packingcases; and it consists of an outer bottomless casing, with a stopper at its upper end,having an absorbent attached thereto, and a removable receiver adapted to enter said casing from below.

It further consists of the combination and construction of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed.

The figure represents a vertical section of a bottle embodying my invention.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a bottle, which is formed either of glass, metal, or other suitable material, and without a bottom. Within the body of the bottle is a receiver, jar, or cup, B, formed of suitable material, and having a cap or cover, C, and a concave base, D, the latter being of such diameter as to abut against the lower edge of the body of the bottle. On the under side of the base D is a ring or grip, E, which provides means for readily withdrawing the receiver B from the bottle, said ring when not in use being folded into the concavity of the base,whereby the bottle may rest fiat and firm on its bottom.

Encircling the lower portion of the receiver B is an annulus, F, which comes in contact with the adjacent portion of the body of the bottle, so as toproduce an air-chamber between the sides of the receiver B and the bottle A.

It will be seen that the receiver may be withdrawn from the bottle from beneath, and confectionery, spices, chemicals, cigars, Ste., placed therein, after which the receiver is restored within the bottle, the cap C being employed or not, as desired, it being found that the articles are nicely packed, and may be preserved within the receiver, owing to the additional protective iniiuence of the surrounding wall of the bottle.

In order to meisten the air within the bottle, so that the receiver may be subjected to (No model.)

hygrometric iniiuences, the effect of which may be transmitted to the contents of said receiver, or directly to said contents, when the cap C is not used, the neck of the bottle contains a cork or stopper from which depends a piece, H, of sponge or other absorbent material, the same being saturated with water or other proper fluid, the effect of which is evident. The cork may be removed to refresh the sponge when desired.

The bottle is shown partly colored or painted in imitation of the appearance of a bottle containing wine or other liquid, thus producing an interesting effect.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a packing-case wherein a portion of the same containing the inclosed material is adapted to be slid into an outer casing; but I am not aware that it is old to forni the same as herein described, wherein an annulus is placed between the lower portion of the outer casing and the sides of the receiver, so as to form an air-chamber between the same for preventing the too rapid evaporation of the moisture by the contact of the receiver with the outer casing, such construction of parts being of marked advantage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A packing-case consisting of a bottomless outer casing with a stopper and absorbent attached at the upper end thereof, a re movable receiver adapted to enter said casing from below, and having a projecting lateral base abutting against the lower edge of the said outer casing, and an annulus between the lower portion of the receiver and the outer casing, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A bottomless bottle or jar having a neck, in combination with a receiver therein, applicable to and removable therefrom from below, and a cork or stopper with a sponge in said neck, substantially as described.

3. A packing-case consisting of a bottomless outer casing with an absorbent in the upper part, a removable receiver with cover adapted to enter said casing from below, and an annulus adapted to separate said receiver from said outer casing, whereby an air-chamber is formed between said receiver and outer IOO secured thereto, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOS. B. MEIER.

XVitnesses:

J oHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, J AMES F. KELLY. 

